Round 1, Game 2 Preview: Lakers vs. Spurs

Summary of 21 articles · Updated Apr 29, 2013

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Steve Nash for Friday night's pivotal Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs. Tony Parker had 28 points and seven assists, and the Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-91 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their… (more) Western Conference first-round playoff series. The excessive media attention on the Lakers and Kobe Bryant sometimes makes us wonder why they get special treatment, as if they are any different from the 29 other teams that will come up short every year. And that's with two of their players having two of the most miraculous recoveries you'll ever come across in sports Metta World Peace playing 12 days after knee surgery and Jordan Hill returning for Game 2 just three months after undergoing left hip surgery that was supposed to keep him out for six months.

How confident are the Los Angeles Lakers that they'll stave off elimination at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 on Sunday night? Check out the pump-up favor they're handing out to fans who come out to the Staples Center to root on the home t…

Spurs hand Lakers worst home playoff loss

Tim Duncan had 26 points and nine rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of first-round playoff elimination with a 120-89 victory in Game 3 on Friday night, the worst home playoff loss in franchise history.

Lakers battle deficit, injuries going back home

The Lakers Are Breaking Down

The Lakers lost, 102-91, to fall down 0-2 in their matchup with San Antonio. The game was unremarkable: the lead was eight at the half, 10 after the third; the Spurs were their usual, relentless, efficient selves. The Lakers were directionless, and with…

Sometimes it's fun to note how much work can go into making something simple happen. Case in point: This sweet alley-oop hookup between Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard early in the second quarter of Wednesday's Game 2 between the San Antonio Spurs and Los…